As already done for streaming movie sites, let's see here which are the best sites to listen to streaming music, both those that can be used for free, and those with subscription. The music industry had to run for cover after Napster, which shut down practically every record store in the world, and after the rampant piracy of the sites that, without having the rights, allowed to listen to music for free (like Grooveshark).
A bit like it happened for online movies, even for music, those sites have become very convenient for listening to your favorite songs in streaming, with a subscription or with automatic playlists interrupted every now and then by commercials.
In fact, the business model of legal music sites has become somewhat similar to that of radio, with free listening, except if you want to be able to choose exactly which songs to listen to.
Below, we see the strengths and weaknesses of the best sites to listen to free online streaming music, which can also be used for free.
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1) Spotify
If Netflix is the leader in online movies, Spotify is definitely the number one music site in the world, which works practically everywhere, with all the music you could ask for.
You can listen to all the music on PC from Spotify for free, create playlists and use a music client on PC that allows you to save your favorite songs (do not download).
The premium subscription costs 10 Euros per month and allows you to search and listen to each song without restrictions and without advertising and also allows you to download the songs to listen to them offline.
Those who want to try can take advantage of the offer of the first three months for only one Euro.
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2) Youtube Music, new 2018 site that allows you to listen to playlists and search for all songs, with an interface different from the normal Youtube site, optimized for music.
3) Google Play Music
Google is a very particular online streaming music service, which works by creating the personal music collection for each user.
In practice, each user can upload up to 50, 000 songs to the Google Music website, which can then be listened to in streaming from a PC or smartphone or tablet.
We explained how Google Music works to listen to your music uploaded on the internet.
With 10 Euros per month you can subscribe to the Unlimited subscription and, therefore, search and listen to any song you want without limitations.
In addition to this particular service, Google Music is also one of the main on-demand music sites for listening to music from PC and smartphone (as well as Groove Music and Apple Music)
The Google Play Music catalog is a store where you can buy single songs or even albums.
4) Pandora Radio
Pandora has always been one of the most popular music sites in the USA, which is not yet officially accessible from Italy, but which works with a certain type of connection.
For example, on my PC with a Fastweb connection, Pandora.com works (while on a mobile phone with the Tre and Wind connection it does not).
It is a site with listening to automatically generated playlists and supported by advertising.
Basically, you write the name of a singer and then listen to the continuous and uninterrupted playlist of songs selected automatically based on the preferences and the grades that are given to each song.
To enjoy Pandora's functions, it is certainly worthwhile to create a free account (put ZIPcode as something like 20100) so that you can then store the votes given to the various songs and customize the playlists that are automatically generated.
It is possible to listen to Pandora practically everywhere, only that the apps for Android and iPhone are still not available in Italy.
5) Deezer
The real competitor of Spotify is, of course, Deezer, which today offers a virtually identical music listening service, free from the website, with the same limitations and the price of 10 Euros per month for an unlimited premium account.
The only reason why Deezer is less famous than Spotify is that while the latter initially came out with a very free free service, Deezer has always been, from the outset, a subscription service, thus losing the initial advantage.
6) TuneIn
TuneIn is the best site / app for listening to internet radio from PC or mobile phone
With Tunein you can find online Italian FM radio stations, also divided by genre, artist or song.
7) SoundCloud
As explained, Soundcloud is an online music site curated by users who upload songs made by them, covers and remixes that everyone can listen to for free.
You can search by artist and group names, titles of famous songs, podcasts, search for songs by genre, look at the charts.
There are also apps for Android and iPhone from SoundCloud.
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Finally, I remember that streaming music can now be listened to from any stereo, if it is connected to the internet.
For example, just use a device like Chromecast Audio to connect any type of stereo system, even old, to your PC.
Instead, you can listen to streaming music on each car stereo even of an old type (not Android Auto or Apple CarPlay) by connecting it to your smartphone via audio cable or bluetooth.
